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Turkish troops killed by Russian airstrikes ( Syria)

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  • Registered Users Posts: 12,511 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Think Turkey was giving Syria until the end of the month to withdraw from the provence. Now they'll begin bombing Syrian targets very shortly.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,705 ✭✭✭Cheerful Spring2


    Think Turkey was giving Syria until the end of the month to withdraw from the provence. Now they'll begin bombing Syrian targets very shortly.

    Yes, this is correct. What the western channels are not revealing is that the Turkish army has already crisscrossed the border with heavy military armour and hundreds of Turkish special forces troops have passed anti- air batteries to Jihadists and Rebels. The Syrian rebels have been trying to knock down Russian and Syrian aircraft for over a week now. They’ve destroyed two helicopters belonging to the Syrians last week. Turkey and Syria are already at war over Idlib.  Russian aircraft bombing Turkish troops is more serious escalation, since Turkey a Nato ally. Unclear if Putin has selected to go to war with Turkey to get them out of Syria for good? It’s way too early to tell what the endgame is? Turkey uses it entire army to try repel the Syrian army it will be a mess?


  • Registered Users Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    Yes, this is correct. What the western channels are not revealing is that the Turkish army has already crisscrossed the border with heavy military armour and hundreds of Turkish special forces troops have passed anti- air batteries to Jihadists and Rebels. The Syrian rebels have been trying to knock down Russian and Syrian aircraft for over a week now. They’ve destroyed two helicopters belonging to the Syrians last week.

    According to what russian sources nothing new there , neither is Syrian helicopters and aircraft getting shot down it's been happening regularly since the start of all of this .
    Most of anti regime weapons came directly from Syrian military bases ,
    Unlike most of the conspiracies around who supplied various groups.

    The only new thing here is Russia attacking Turkish military forces ,I'd half expect Putin to come out and say it was an accident while smirking ,
    Turkey could well roll Through Syria if they wanted the Syrian military is practically non existent , heavily dependent on russian and Iranians to fight


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    Turkey says it will no longer stop refugees from entering Europe



    https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-says-it-will-no-longer-stop-refugees-from-entering-europe/


    Erdogan making good on the threat he made last year.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    Thrill wrote: »
    Turkey says it will no longer stop refugees from entering Europe



    https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-says-it-will-no-longer-stop-refugees-from-entering-europe/


    Erdogan making good on the threat he made last year.

    Good time to bury bad news.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 592 ✭✭✭one world order


    Wonder did the yanks do a deal with Turkey. After their ISIS creation was destroyed by the Russians they need a plan B for a change of government to build their gas pipeline from Qatar to Turkey.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly




  • Registered Users Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    It's a game ,

    Turkey makes threat the EU get involved and tell Erdoğan he can push further into Syria free from sanctions


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    22 Turkish troops killed it seems. Oh dear.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    22 Turkish troops killed it seems. Oh dear.

    30 + depending on what you read


  • Registered Users Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    Turkey has called in NATO

    Not really no


  • Registered Users Posts: 592 ✭✭✭one world order


    Might create another chemical attack, blame it on the Syrian government and use the mass produced mainstream media to justify their attacks on innocent civilians.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,245 ✭✭✭joeysoap


    Wonder did the yanks do a deal with Turkey. After their ISIS creation was destroyed by the Russians they need a plan B for a change of government to build their gas pipeline from Qatar to Turkey.

    The Yanks created ISIS:confused:


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,686 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    Gatling wrote: »
    Most of anti regime weapons came directly from Syrian military bases, Unlike most of the conspiracies around who supplied various groups.

    You don't think Turkey has supplied MANPADS to Tukish proxies?

    TBH, most of the Syrian weapons which were seized by rebels/Jihadist have been used, hidden or handed over from the previous Reconciliiation areas. Rebels were permitted to bring small arms only to Idlib.

    There is no way in hell that the sustained aerial pressure exerted on the Syrian opposition since 2018 in northern Hama, Idlib and Aleppo; they did not think to use their anti aircraft weapons until now?

    MANPADS and ATGMs have been supplied by Turkey to the rebels. Its not a conspiracy.


  • Registered Users Posts: 592 ✭✭✭one world order


    joeysoap wrote: »
    The Yanks created ISIS:confused:

    Supplied them with as much weapons as needed and used Islam to bring in people from across the Islamic world to do the American dirty work.


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    joeysoap wrote: »
    The Yanks created ISIS:confused:

    They created a vacuum after winning their "war" and saying "right lads we done here".

    ISIS gladly stepped in and here we are 5 odd years later.


  • Registered Users Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    Supplied them with as much weapons as needed and used Islam to bring in people from across the Islamic world to do the American dirty work.

    Maybe consider an early night


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    29 confirmed dead now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    This was always going to happen,the Turks knew it,they are ready to deploy all assets


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,705 ✭✭✭Cheerful Spring2


    You don't think Turkey has supplied MANPADS to Tukish proxies?

    TBH, most of the Syrian weapons which were seized by rebels/Jihadist have been used, hidden or handed over from the previous Reconciliiation areas. Rebels were permitted to bring small arms only to Idlib.

    There is no way in hell that the sustained aerial pressure exerted on the Syrian opposition since 2018 in northern Hama, Idlib and Aleppo; they did not think to use their anti aircraft weapons until now?

    MANPADS and ATGMs have been supplied by Turkey to the rebels. Its not a conspiracy.

    Syrian Rebels/ Jihadists are not getting this equipment from Syria army, Its Turkish.



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,686 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    Syrian Rebels/ Jihadists are not getting this equipment from Syria army, Its Turkish.

    It's not even open for debate. Maybe I jumped the gun and Gatling was on about the US and not Turkey. In that case, my bad.

    Turkey most definately has been supplying their proxies with weapons. Otherwise....how would they be proxies :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    Manpads sound like something that I will need when the kids wheel me off to old folk home oblivion when I'm in my late 60s.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,705 ✭✭✭Cheerful Spring2


    It's not even open for debate. Maybe I jumped the gun and Gatling was on about the US and not Turkey. In that case, my bad.

    Turkey most definately has been supplying their proxies with weapons. Otherwise....how would they be proxies :pac:

    You’d have to be asleep to not notice all the heavy tanks and artillery coming over the border in last week or so. Russia reacted to the Turkish military targeting their jets in the skies. I just hope Nato wise to stay out of this mess. Turkey will likely blame the Syrian government for the attack, but it was obvious for the people on the ground Russian aircraft are hitting Turkish convoys with troops. I saw a video from today with manpad firing a missile at a Russian SU-34 jet, and pilot was releasing flares to avoid the missile.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,705 ✭✭✭Cheerful Spring2


    tillyfilly wrote: »

    Activity and rumor is very high now on Twitter, so this may be wrong we know more soon. Supposedly Turkey has activated Article 4 of the NATO Alliance. This means that NATO & Turkey will discuss if Turkeys Independence & Security has been threatened by Russia killing Turkish Troops.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,116 ✭✭✭archer22


    Turkish troops shouldn't be in Syria, so if they get killed there...well tough sh!t that's what happens when you invade another country.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,705 ✭✭✭Cheerful Spring2




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    So tribulation checklist for this week reads (aside from all the previous floods n' fires):

    Biblical locust plagues: ✓ (x2)
    Global pandemic of novel virus: ✓
    Love triangle gone very wrong in the MidEast: ✓

    Can't remember what the 4th horseman was, maybe:
    9.0 quake in Cali
    Asteroid touch-down in N.Atlantic
    Supervolcano (Campi Flegrei)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    So tribulation checklist for this week reads (aside from all the previous floods n' fires):

    Biblical locust plagues: ✓ (x2)
    Global pandemic of novel virus: ✓
    Love triangle gone very wrong in the MidEast: ✓

    Can't remember what the 4th horseman was, maybe:
    9.0 quake in Cali
    Asteroid touch-down in N.Atlantic
    Supervolcano (Campi Flegrei)

    don't forget global financial crash
    China US trade war
    Break up of EU


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    don't forget global financial crash
    China US trade war
    Break up of EU
    Forgot the DJIA just had its biggest day drop in eons (since 2008?), 10%circa wiped from most markets within last week, about $3.5tr global trade down the pan. But that's small fish to fry all the same.

    The breakup of the EU, think the aul mystic BabaVanga or someone predicted that decades ago, and spot on for 2016. Another aul geezer, Nostradamus had a couple of plague poems up his sleeve, but much less reliable.

    The Turk-Syr-Rus love triangle/divorce would be a messy affair indeed, and a huge chuck of the entire MidEast region.


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